Internet Explorer lost market share in Aprilaccording to NetMarketShare, continuing a lengthy decline. Total share for all versions of Internet Explorer comprised some 55.11% of the market in April. That figure was a decline from the previous month’s 55.92% market share. Microsoft’s newest browser, Internet Explorer 9, was released in themiddle of March. Despite garnering positive reviews, and launching without any significant hitches, according to the NetMarketShare numbers, even IE9 could not stem the erosion of IE market share....

Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Phone 7, animportant componentof the coming ‘Mango’ update to the platform, is now code complete, Microsoft revealedtoday. The company plans to continue to tweak the browser for some time, with an eye on performance. IE9 for WP7 will contain hardware acceleration, as does its bigger brother, Internet Explorer 9 for PC. At this year’s now pastMIX event, Microsoft demoed IE9 on a WP7 handset, right next to iOS and Android devices....

TNW Quick Hit: Last week webrought you the newsthat Internet Explorer 9 was going to be sent out today to the world through Windows Update, a move by Microsoft that is set to greatly expand the browser’s market share around the world. We have long anticipated that IE9 would supplant IE8 as the world’s most popular browser, but we had not guessed that Microsoft would so quickly push the browser to the full globe....

With all the Windows 8, Xbox, and Zune intrigue bouncing around, it has been easy to let Internet Explorer 9 slip to the back of our minds, but we shouldn’t let it fade. Microsoft is rolling out the browser via Windows update as we speak, and as it is set to replace IE8, it will likely become the world’s most popular browser in due time. The Redmond giant hasreleased a new statistic todayon IE9 that is worth ruminating on for at least one moment:...

Microsoft sent out a press bulletin last night that contained a number of figures about Internet Explorer 9 and its progress across a number of market segments. We found the numbers to be anemic. We must recall that Microsoft’sroll out schedulefor Internet Explorer 9, that included automatic installation via Windows Update, was set to culminate in June. In other words, according to what Microsoft told us previously, its pressure on consumers to move to the new browser has been expended....